Next Canadian steam locomotive to be released by Sunset is .........

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Was reading the latest copy of MR and came across the ad by Sunset Models.

They has in their MR ad a list of the next brass engines that will be released.

They will be releasing the…Royal Hudson, the CPR 4-6-4 is next providing the interest is there.

I am really surprised at that announcement, the Royal Husdon has been released by a number of different manufacturers.

With all the attention the 2816 gets I am suprised that locomotive is not the one to be made next. The last brass model of Canadian steam made by Division Point was the P2 2-8-2.

I am surprised that the not streamlined version of 2816 is not released,

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If they didn’t want so much $$$ I’d be lining up for one! Even the non-streamlined CPR Steamers had a touch of elegance to them.

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The non-streamlined Hudsons are classics, far more elegant than the “royal”, the one locomotive I want to see is the “Northern” 4-8-4 K-1-a, I’d sell my car for one of these, and there are still the original 2 steamers around.

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You are in luck, the K1 is also listed as a future product. They have a picture of one on their site.

http://www.3rdrail.com/images/cpk1-a.jpg

Actually, Sunset has priced their models way below Division Point and you get DCC and sound as well.

It sure is a nice looking engine.

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IF the Royal Hudson was done in N scale, I expect more units would be sold than doing yet another version of the Royal H in HO scale. There are people lined up wanting this unit in N, most who wanted the RH in HO already own one; all of my friends and I own the 2860.